Combined eyeglass and spectacle mounting.



. PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906.

0. A. HOFFMAN. COMBINED EYEGLASS AND SPEGTAGLB MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.14, l904.

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mounting, and renders soldering and brazing, that destroy the elasticity of the metal, unnecessary. It also greatly simplifies the labor of the optician in fitting the mounting to the nose in the first instance or readjusting it or in replacing the bridge or the guard. The curved end of the spring 16 may be secured to the nose-guard in any suitable way; but I prefer to provide a lip 18 on the end of the spring, turned inwardly at right angles thereto and fitting within a slot 19 in the guard. Lugs 20 are provided near said slot, that are adapted to be bent out around the end of the spring and when brazed together will hold the guard firmly in place and prevent it from working loose or becoming separated from the spring. The finger-pieces l5, projecting beyond the curved end of the spring, allow the person wearing the glasses to easily and quickly place them on the nose or remove them.

The clamp by means of which the noseguard and bridge are secured to the lens may be made in various ways. Instead of using a plate, as shown and described, a simple post having a socket for the ends of the bridge and guard may be employed, and, if preferred, the guard and spring may be made in one piece and in various ways the details of construction may be modified without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention 1. A mounting for eyeglasses and spectacles having a bridge disposed obli uely with respect to the plane of the lens and provided with forwardly-turned ends, rearwardly-extending nose-guards having forwardly-projecting finger-pieces, springs provided on said guards and having outwardly and rearwardly turned ends, and means for securing the ends of said bridge and said springs to the lenses, substantially as described.

2. A mounting for eyeglasses and spectacles having a spring-bridge provided with forwardly-turned parallel ends, rearwardly-extending nose-guards arranged to straddle the bridge and having forwardly-projecting finger-pieces, springs secured at one end to said guards in front of the bridge and having outwardly and rearwardly turned ends, and means for securing the ends of said bridge and springs to the lenses, substantially as described.

3. A spectacle-mounting comprising a bridge obli uely disposed with respect to the plane of the ens and having forwardly-turned ends, rearwardly extending nose guards ar- I ranged to straddle the bridge, springs secured at one end to said nose guards and having outwardly and rearwardly turned opposite ends, lens-clamps wherein the ends of said bridge and springs are horizontally adjustable toward or from the plane of the lens, substantially as described.

4. A combined eyeglass and spectacle mounting comprising a bridge having forwardly-turned ends, lens-clamps secured on the'lens and having horizontal sockets to receive the ends of said bridge, rearwardly-extending nose-guards having springs secured at one end thereto and outwardly and rearwardly turned and fitting within said sockets, and keys or wedges also fitting said sockets and securing the ends of said bridge and springs therein and permitting the adjustment of said bridgeand nose-guards toward or from the plane of the lens, substantially as described.

5. A spectacle-mounting comprising a bridge having forwardly-turned parallel ends, lens-clamps secured to the lens and having horizontal sockets to receive the ends of said bridge, rearwardly extending nose guards arranged to straddle the bridge, springs secured to said guards in front of the bridge and outwardly and rearwardly turned therefrom and having ends fitting within the sock ets in said lens-clamps, and means adjustably securing the ends of said bridge and said springs in said clamps and allowing them to be adjusted toward or from the plane of the lens, substantially as described.

6. In a mounting for glasses, a lens-clamp comprising a plate 5, having straps 6 that are folded toward one another to straddle the lens, lugs 9 adapted to be pressed down upon the edge of the lens, and straps 10 that are folded in toward each other and have ends 11 bent substantially at right angles to the straps 10 and secured together, substantially as described.

7. In a mounting, the combination, with a nose-guard having bearing-points at one end and a finger-piece at the other, and an intermediate slot and flexible lugs, of a spring having a lip at one end to enter said slot and adapted to bear on said guard near said slot and be secured thereto by folding said lugs toward each other and securing them together, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of November, 1904.

CHARLES A. HOFFMAN. Witnesses:

RICHARD PAUL, C. MAONAMARA.

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